Moretti v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 152
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 270

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Coal breakers — Safe place to work — Contributory negligence.</p> <p>A coal company will not be liable for the death of a workman who fell into an opening in the floor of a coal breaker, where it appears that deceased went to the place of the accident without being required to do so in the discharge of any duty, and in deliberate violation of instructions, and for the purpose of asking the time from a fellow employee.</p>